School: Coillte Bó (roll number 15984)

Location:
Kiltybo, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Michael S. Ó Ceallaigh
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  1. There was once two men working for a landlord father and son. One day the son stole something from the landlord and the landlord told the father that he would have to send him to a trade. The father asked the landlord what trade would he send him to and he said a robber. He set out this night to look for employment and he met two men and they men asked him where he was going. He said he was looking for a job. The two men took him with them. The son asked the two men where were they going and they said to rob a house. When they got to the house they put the boy in the window to bag
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Folktales index
    AT0950: Rhampsinitus
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Connell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coolaght, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Connell
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coolaght, Co. Mayo